Nigeria

Regulatory agency

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) 

Regulations

• The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) released a new SONCAP process in January 2013. All exports to Nigeria must comply with a strict set of customs requirements. These requirements are set out by SON who implemented SONCAP (the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Programme).

• SONCAP is a pre-shipment verification of conformity to Standards process used to verify that products to be imported into Nigeria are in conformity with the applicable NIS or approved equivalents, and technical regulations before shipment.

• Under this programme, importers of a wide range of goods must obtain two certificates in order to operate:

1. Product Certificate (PC)

2. SONCAP Certificate (SC)

Guidelines

There are three routes to SONCAP compliance: 

• Route A – For Unregistered/Unlicensed products, resulting in issue of Product Certificate 1.

• Route B – For Registered Products, resulting in issue of Product Certificate 2.

• Route C – For Licensed Products, resulting in issue of Product Certificate 3.

Once Product Certificate 1, 2 or 3 has been issued then your product will receive its SC, and export into Nigeria can begin.

Applicable product categories

• Arts and Crafts 

• Building and Construction Material 

• Chemical products 

• Electrical and Electronic products

• Furniture (Some furniture items are forbidden, we can advise) 

• Leather, Plastic and Rubber Products 

• Mechanical Devices and Gas Appliances 

• Medical devices 

• New Motor Vehicles and spare parts including tyres 

• Paper and stationery items 

• Protective Safety Equipment   

• Toys

To determine if a particular product is subject to the above regulations, please contact us.

Regulatory agency

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

Regulations

• The Nigerian Communications Commission is empowered by the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 to establish and enforce standards for all telecommunications equipment in operation in the Federal Republic of Nigeria to ensure that they operate seamlessly and safely within the Nigerian telecommunications environment.

• All communications equipment that has been type approved must be labelled with a label approved by the Commission.

Guidelines

• Submitting the documents and test reports. 

• Evaluation reports and other submitted documents by certification experts. 

• Issue the Type Approval.

Applicable product categories

All equipment with communication capabilities and that can be connected to a communication network in Nigeria.

To determine if a particular product is subject to the above regulations, please contact us.

Regulatory agency

Energy Commission of Nigeria

Regulations

There are currently no environmental requirements in Nigeria.